The $300/Month AI Scam (And Why China Might Save Us)

Behind the headlines of national rivalry, a new battle is raging: Open vs. Closed. And the winner will define the next decade of technology, value, and power.

A few years ago, the promise of AI was the democratization of intelligence. The consensus was that powerful cognition would become abundant, cheap, even free. That narrative is now facing a harsh reality. A recent post on X (formerly Twitter) grimly listed the emerging price tags for top-tier AI: Cursor ULTRA at $200/mo, SuperGrok at $300/mo, Gemini ULT…